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Ch.12 History Flashcards

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Why did the Americans move west?

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For the beaver fur(making hats and other clothing)

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How did the Americans move to the west?

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They traveled by canoe,horseback,and wagon trains

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What did the mountain men do?

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They were the first to explore and map the Rocky Mountains

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What did the mountain men do to survive in the wild?

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They trapped animals,adopted Native American customs and clothing,and often married the native women

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How long was the Oregon trail?

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2,000 miles

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What were some of the hardships that the pioneers faced?

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Shortage of food,supplies,water,and rough weather

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What did the Indians do that helped the pioneers?

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Traded goods with the pioneers and gave them food for their goods

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What was trading like on the Santa Fe trail?

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Americans traded cloth and manufactured goods for horses,mules,and silver from Mexican traders

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How did the US government protect traders on the Santa Fe trail?

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Sent troops to keep Indians away

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Who founded Mormonism?

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Joseph Smith

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Why did they face persecution?

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They practiced polygamy

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Who becomes head of the church after Joseph Smith’s death?

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Brigham Young

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Where did Young choose to have the Mormons live?

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Utah(Salt Lake city)

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Who started a colony in TX as an empresio?

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Steven Auston

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What kind of law did the Texans ignore among the Mexican laws they had to follow?

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Slavery

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When did the Mexicans ban settlement in Texas?

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1830

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Which General fought in the battle of Texas’s independence?

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Santa Anna

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When did the Texans declare their independence and what did they include in their constitution?

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March 2,1836;slavery

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What happened in the battle of the Alamo?

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200 men fend off the Mexican army for two weeks,and they all died :(

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Who led the troops on the battle of the Alamo?

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Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett

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What happened in the battle of San Jacinto?

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Sam Houston’s forces swarm the Mexican camp shouting “Remember the Alamo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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Who’s army is destroyed on the battle in San Jacinto?

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Santa Anna’s army and they were also forced to grant TX’s independence

22
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Who becomes president of TX?

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Sam Huston

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What did TX offer to increase their land settlement?

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Land grants

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Why did Jackson not want TX to become a state of the US unlike congress?

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He was afraid of having another slave state with all of the slaves already in their southern states

25
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What was the manifest destiny?

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The fate to settle land all the way to the pacific in order to spread democracy

26
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When does Oregon become US territory?

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1848

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Which states did Mexico control at this time?

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AZ,NV,NA,CA

28
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What caused tension between US and Mexico?

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The US involvement in TX and CA

29
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How many men volunteered for war service in the US?

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200,000

30
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Which political party did not support the Mexican m-American war?

A

Whigs

31
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What was the Bear Flag Revolt?

A

Americans declared CA as and independent nation in June and in July the US came and claimed the land for the union

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What ended the war and which states did it give to the US?

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo;CA,NV,UH

33
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By what percentage did UH,NV,CA increase the US landmass?

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25%

34
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What was the Gadsden purchase?

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US government paid $10 million to Mexico for AZ and NA

35
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Who faced discrimination in America?

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The Mexicans,Mexican Americans,and Native Americans

36
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What did laws begin to be printed in?

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English and Spanish

37
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What creates a new southwestern economy?

A

Trade

38
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Who started a colony in California?

A

John Sutter

39
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Who discovered gold?

A

James Marshall

40
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Who were the forty-niners?

A

People who came to CA looking for gold

41
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What was the Donner party?

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A group of western travelers who went to CA bit were stranded in the Sierra mountains during winter. 42 of 87 died and they turned to cannabalism to survive

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Who were the placer miners?

A

People who used pans to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel

43
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Which immigrants were not welcomed?

A

The Chinese

44
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Who was Levi Strauss?

A

A man from Germany,Jewish, and he made a fortune by making tough denim jeans for miners

45
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What created CA’s economy?

A

Gold mining,ranching,and farming

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